The fearless Benjamin Lay: the Quaker dwarf who became the first revolutionary abolitionist

"The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life. The Fearless Benjamin Lay chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular and astonishing man...a Quaker dwarf who became one of the first ever to d...

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1. Verfasser: Rediker, Marcus 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston Beacon Press [2017]
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Zusammenfassung:"The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life. The Fearless Benjamin Lay chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular and astonishing man...a Quaker dwarf who became one of the first ever to demand the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. He performed public guerrilla theater to shame slave masters, insisting that human bondage violated the fundamental principles of Christianity. He wrote a fiery, controversial book against bondage that Benjamin Franklin published in 1738. He lived in a cave, made his own clothes, refused to consume anything produced by slave labor, championed animal rights, and embraced vegetarianism. He acted on his ideals to create a new, practical, revolutionary way of life"...Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:212 Seiten, 12 ungezählte Seiten Farbtafeln Illustrationen, Porträts
ISBN:9780807035924

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